Looking Over the Horizon, a report commissioned by the DfT and researched and written by University College London and the Halcrow Group, examines the possibility of the UK reducing its transport CO2 emissions by 60% by 2030.
It develops a number of possible scenarios (a mixture of technology and/or technology plus behaviour) and then 'backcasts' to see what policies and actions are needed for the required reductions to be achieved.
It points out that there are a range of policies (most of which have already been identified in earlier work) that could help achieve these goals.
It also emphasises strongly that "'The old debate in terms of relying on technological improvements to help maintain our current CO2 intensive lifestyles seems to be obsolete. We need a renewed emphasis over a very wide range of fields. Multi-disciplinary thinking is critical."
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